Pipeology - The Fine Art of Pipe Smoking and Thought

We think about the end of life at Halloween.  But if I were worried about death and dying I would have lived my life differently.  I’ve been waiting for the coming of the Messiah for around 20 years or so.  How I will leave this world I have no idea.  I’m not saying I am immortal.  My body is getting old and I try to care for it the best I can.   But it’s like crazy talk to believe as I do. So, I don’t talk about it much.  After all, everyone dies.  But I’m beginning to think I am not the only one who thinks this about themselves.  But after facing death in the last fifteen years, I have no fear.  After facing it twice, I could face it again in some way.  I fear the pain more than I fear death itself.  But if I am crazy, my craziness does not harm.   I’m just not prepared to die.  And I never will be.  But I can’t tell anyone to live as I do.  I can’t bring others into my own craziness.  But do I see so...

 I re-wrote my profile for Smoking Pipes to say that there are tobaccos that cause me to reminisce.  My life prior to the Angels prepared me for the experience and my life since has been about the experience.  I asked my Angels whether I should give up my pipes.  They said that was up to me.  I have smoked a pipe since to remember.   There is much about the experience I do not understand.  My Angels came to me in a human body, but I had no doubt they were Angels.  They told me not to be afraid.  And their voice sounded like a crystalline harp.  But I am the only proof I have.  Maybe I became part Angel that night.  It was a two and a half hour encounter.  And ever since I have been working to help prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah. He will come with Peace and love.  I represent my Angels in all I do.  And smoking a pipe helps me remember.  I have been told I am monkish is my lifestyle.  I wi...

 I might review Cornell and Diehl’s Cordial pipe tobacco for Smoking Pipes, but I have to live with it for a while.  Maybe buying a pound of it for the first time is a little much, but from the description, I knew I would enjoy it.  People can be like this too.  Sometimes we just know about a person without knowing too much about them.  I have a sense about people, but these days I keep a distance from most. My experience with my Angels changed me in many ways.  And after 32 years my wife still has a difficult time understanding about them.  But a tobacco for me can be compared a lot to people.  Sometimes we just know.  I don’t regret buying a pound of Cordial.  All the ingredients were there.  It is closer to Old Professor than even Bayou Night.   I just knew.  But I had to smoke it in a number of pipes to make sure.  I received it last Saturday afternoon and I it is now Wednesday and I’ve had some time to live with ...

 I’ve broken more pipes this past year than I ever have in over 50 years of pipe smoking.  But my pipes are getting old now, except for one of the pipes that broke recently.  I used to say that about $150IS is the most I’d spend on a pipe, but now it is about $60 maybe up to $75.  I just can’t see paying a lot for a pipe.   I told my wife yesterday that I used to think I’d smoke a pipe costing ten grand, but these days I don’t think so.  There is too much risk handling a pipe costing that much.  Dunhill puts their collectable pipes in leather and velvet lined cases for protection.  I can now see why.  Pipes break.   I think my pipes broke because I’m getting older and I might be more careless with my pipes.  Back in the day blue collar workers who smoked pipes would get a Dr. Grabow at the local drug store for about ten bucks and smoke it every day until it broke or just burned out.  Then they’d just go back and spend another t...

 There is no intermediary in my theology from my Angels.  God forgives all other sins.  I could lust, swearing, hypocrisy, greed, lying, gambling, extortion, adultery, and a total loss of regard for others, up to, but not including murder.  The Bible does a pretty good job of listing various sins, but losing regard for all human life is the ultimate sin.   I could list the seven deadly sins and include slothfulness and gluttony.  I could include poverty and wealth.  I could go on and on about sin, including unbelief.  There is an unforgivable sin—that of intentionally taking a human life including one’s own.  All you need to do is peek in our prisons.  All those sins are forgiven except for those who have murdered.. God just is not that complicated.  God forgives the charlatans who sell religion.  I can think of so many sins and there is nothing we have to do except to live and let live.  This is why I avoid politics. ...

I know my  angels watch over me, but they can’t do everything I ask of them.  Others have faith in God.  I believe faith is impirtant.  I’m not discounting faith.  But I trust the words of my Angels in that no one will harm me and nothing will happen to me.  My Angels protect my emotions.  This is very important to me.  When I feel disconnected from my Angels I can get out of balance. Time with my Angels will help keep me in balance.  I do this by meditation.  But I have to focus on their words.  I can’t forget.  God gives me ways to always remember.  32 years seems like a long time ago but I focus on remembering.  Forgetting anything they told me could be the end of me.   God has ways to help me remember.  Often if I am troubled my wife will remind me.  She knows as much about my Angels as I do.  But God has other ways if she isn’t available.  And I must never forget.  God has many remin...

 My Angels changed me in many ways.  How I see life is just one.  But mostly how I see the Bible.  My Bible is mostly the Gospels and Revelation.  I didn’t finish the Chosen series on Prime.  It was getting too hard to watch without being overly emotional about it.  I was chosen by Angels—I did not choose them.  I became too passionate about Jesus in the Chosen.   I can get very emotional about my Angels as my wife well knows.  And the first time around on social media my Angels became too much of an obsession.  I had to learn and I’m learning still.  Not many have encounters with Angels and I have to remember how different that encounter made me.  My pipe has become a tool for meditation.   And because of this difference I chose not to re-enter ministry.  My theology changed completely.  I once tried the church after my experience but I had to learn something.  I belong inside any church in the world, ...

My Angels told me that if we knew what heaven is like we would fall all over ourselves to get there.  There is no sorrow in heaven.  We will be oblivious to those who aren’t there.  They will not be missed.  Heaven might have any number of realms, but there is never sorrow in heaven. There is no sex in heaven as God is the only Creator.  There is no need for it.  Satan wanted to create but God allowing him to create would have made him equal to God.  He got angry with God and left Heaven seeking to destroy God’s Creation.  He took a third of the heavenly hosts with him and they are his demons.  This is why God can’t forgive murder or suicide.  These are the ultimate evil that God cant  allow in heaven. There is a veil separating heaven from hell.  Those in hell will see their loved ones in heaven but won’t be able to be either them.  They will have a constant burning in their hearts as they are separated from God’s love. ...

 I just had to get off FB for a while. Maybe I’ll go back to it.  Linking FB with Instagram is a good idea.  I awoke this morning at about 4:00am.  I had a long talk with God and my Angels.  I won’t  share here what that talk was all about.  But I told Him I was rather disappointed in myself because I have told so few about the coming of the Messiah.   But if I peak too early people will begin to ignore my words.  I can’t peak too soon.  God reminded me His Judgement is coming.  He will forgive all sins but murder and suicide.  I told Him those whom I’ve told aren’t so sure about this.  He said to be steadfast in what my Angels told me.  I just can’t peak too early.  He told me to pay attention to the signs.   He said I’ll know when the time is near.  He said I can smoke a pipe as I wait on Him with patience.  The time for His coming is near.  You are the first to know.  I’m smoking my Du...

 Yeah I sit and smoke a pipe a lot, but this time of year college football is a hobby.  I told my wife the other night I was expecting the Messiah back in 2007.  I had to wait patiently to do my vids for Rise.TV until the late 2010’s.  And now I am back to waiting.  But I have been focused on one main topic and that has been love.   I’m more focused on love now maybe more than peace.  I was focused on peace during some ten years or so but now it’s love.  It starts with family and branches out from there.  With love is kindness.  I might be the kindest guy in the world.  Of course that is hyperbole, but love and kindness go together. But with my Angels the key is patience and focus.  But right now patience is key.  I could become very impatient and sometimes it might show.  But my smoking a pipe helps me stay focused.  It’s not just pipe smoking.  A pipe is a tool.  Today it is my Tim West pipe with some...

I found Instagram through FB.  I know they are connected, but I detached Instagram from FB.  I don’t get as many readers to my blog, but I don’t care.  I write for my mind—not for hits.  I simply write not caring about hits.  If I cared about hits I might mention popular figures or get political.  I do neither.  But in case anyone wants to know, I don’t miss FB.   I now have about 25 vids in IG all of which are headshots of me smoking a pipe.  I don’t switch up my pipes much and now I have worn all my T-shirts.  I’ve been into blowing smoke rings the past few days.  My vids got quite a few likes at first, but if you’ve seen one vid you have seen them all.  Maybe I should talk, but I’d rather post my comments.   Some kid on YouTube has nothing but him sitting in a yoga pose and doing nothing else and he has millions of subscribers.  Just me and a pipe seems boring, but I might catch on to at least a few a day.  Th...

 I have in my next order one pound of a tobacco I have not tried before.  It’s an English called Cordial by Cornell and Diehl.  One pound might be a bit much for a tobacco I have not had, but I am certain I will like it.  If’s a tobacco blend that has Virginias. Orientals, black Cavendish, and Latakia, I am certain I will like it.  I read the description and a few reviews.  It gets a 4.4 rating from Smoking Pipes.   It’s not much of a risk to order a pound because I am certain I will like it quite well.  I once ordered a fourteen ounce tin of Carter Hall without having smoked it before.  I take risks on tobacco because for me it’s not just a couple of ounces.   I want to live with a new blend for a while before I evaluate it.  I’ll get a couple of ounces in a tin from time to time.  But I find a few bowls of a tobacco really isn’t enough to evaluate.  I need to live with it for a while.  But a good English isn’t much ...

 Exactly one year ago today I opened a new FB account.  I decided to give it one year and see whether I needed it.  After one year I decided I don’t need FB.  But in the process I found Instagram.  I decided to post vids of myself smoking my pipe and make different comments each day.  FB kept me busy.  But that is all it did.   I decided after one year I didn’t need it.  I found it more bothersome than not.  I can focus on other things now.  I was posting just to be relevant but I don’t need FB to be relevant.  I have this blog and Instagram and really that is all I need.  I simply have no need for FB.  I found it more troublesome than it was worth to me.   I tried social media some almost twenty years after my Angel experience.  I decided then social media was not for me.  I mention my Angels in my bio on Instagram but feel maybe my pipe smoking is more important.  I mention my Angels and maybe th...

 I sat out here on the lanai last evening and for some reason I started blowing smoke rings as I smoked my pipe.  I used to watch cloud formations as a kid and tried to make designs in my head out of the clouds.  I sometimes wondered if I could see things in pipe smoke I used to see in clouds.  Oh, sure, there are bunnies, unicorns, and angels but seeing formations in pipe smoke takes quite an imagination.  And the smoke doesn’t last very long unless I photograph myself blowing smoke and try to make out designs.   Pipe smoke doesn’t hang around as long as clouds in the sky.  It’s partly why I’ll take vids of myself smoking a pipe.  Maybe if I freeze a frame I’ll see something, but while others post things interesting I mostly post vids of myself smoking my pipe.  I have quite a pipe collection, but I smoke but mostly the same pipes throughout the week.   My vids are mostly just me in a t-shirt smoking my pipes.  I get more smoke fro...

 People who understand much might be aliens to others.  I’m not so sure my Angels didn’t make me more than human, although God knows I am very human.  But was Jesus part alien in His understanding? I fall asleep most nights with my laptop on my chest and headphones over my ears.  I let YouTube choose my vids after I’ve chosen one to listen to as I drift off to sleep.  The past few nights the vids YouTube has chosen for me have been about 3i/ATLAS.  NASA is now being very quiet about what that object is doing and how it is behaving.  Leaked reports believe it is an alien created spaceship of some kind.   Yet, all the space agencies are officially calling it a comet, but reports from inside NASA confirm it is anything but.  I wrote about this yesterday.  Alien beings might have had to wait until we advanced enough technologically to understand we are not alone in the universe.  Only recently have our technological advances could under...

The militaries of the world are frightened of anything that comes from the skies.  It would seem most anyone is frightened of 3/ATLAS simply because we know so little about it and it behaves as if it has intelligence.  But I’ve often wondered whether the Second Coming is Jesus arriving by spaceships.  I don’t know.  Many believe He will just come through the clouds.   But He has to arrive from somewhere.  Who is to say it won’t be by spaceships.  In a three dimensional world He has to arrive somewhere.  He will reign with Peace.  But militaries aren’t peaceful.  They wage war in order to protect the masses.  It’s their job.  And how will Jesus judge the world at one time?  I’ve wondered about all this in light of 3i/ATLAS.  What if it is Jesus arriving?  What if it is the heavenly hosts with Him to follow? I can’t say for sure but yet I live with no fear.  Our three dimensions limit our understanding of mult...

 The mind is just as critical as the heart.  They are interwoven.  A healthy mind is just as important as a healthy heart.  Fear raises one’s BP while love lowers the BP.  The state of one’s mind directly affects the heart.  This is why mental health is so important.  Depression affects the heart greatly.  Good mental health affects the heart.   How do we achieve good mental health?  We listen to our bodies.  Exercise is important.  But it all goes together.  Caring for ourselves creates good mental balance.  I can use my Angels as an example.  Knowing those closest to me didn’t believe in my Angels at first was stressful for me and may have been a contributing factor to my heart attack.  But also I wasn’t paying attention to my heart health.   It all caught up with me.  But after my heart attack I began to listen to my heart.  I want to the gym almost daily after my heart attack for over five...

 Being fearless is not being stupid.  It means to listen to your heart, which I do constantly.  I pay close attention to my heart health.  The first thing a heart patient learns is the 30/80 rule after having a heart attack.  No strenuous exercise below 30 degrees and no strenuous activities over 80 degrees.  This is the 30/80 rule.  A heart patient knows not to stress the heart.   But after almost  32 years since my experience with my Angels I have had to learn to live without fear.  Fear is as much of an enemy to me as depression.  Both can have a negative impact on my heart.  Both cause undo stress on my heart.   It is imperative I keep my moods stabilized. as too much excitement can impact my heart.  Maintaining a perfect level mood is best.  I’ve learned a lot about heart health in the past fifteen years.  Love is a better mood stabilizer than hate.  I work on love the most.  It’s the best emo...

 The Bible says God’s foolishness is beyond the wisdom of men.  I have been listening to others who have experienced the paranormal and I have to remember that while it seems I’ve acted foolishly about my Angels I have to remember God is involved in my life even though it may seem I have been alone for almost 32 years.   The three people I told about my Angels said I hallucinated, or that I was lying or they were demons.  I became fearful of talking openly about my experience.  So, I finally reached the point where I just shut off the outside world as much as I could.  I was literally exhausted from dealing with others about my experience with Angels.   Christianity has no problems with dealing with demons, but Angels just don’t have a place in the world.  I was tired.  Emotionally I was exhausted.  In 1993 there was no internet.  And when I involved myself in social media, I got similar reactions from friends and family.  I fi...

 I’m getting up in years and know when to talk about Angels and when not to talk about Angels.  Some might think I’m just a crazy old man.  But as someone said yesterday I don’t look my age and most of the time I don’t feel old.  But actually living with my Angels for 31 years has given me a lot of wisdom.  I still haven’t grown up yet and hope I never will.   At least I know when I am being a crazy old man.  But crazy is an excuse for actually being wise.  My Angels are a crazy idea depending on to whom I might be talking.  But God doesn’t choose to send Angels to crazy people although God knows they need them the most!  No, what my Angels told me is the crazy part. Salvation is as simple as falling off a log.  But that is the part most everyone struggles with the most.  Salvation can’t be THAT easy.  Actually my Angels told me a lot of things that might sound crazy to most anyone.  I keep what they told me close to ...

 I watched college football on Saturday and then Sunday I watched some vids reacting to the games.  I don’t need to make any comments about Penn State.  They were an early prediction to play in the college championship game.  But most, myself included, have written off their season.  They along with Texas are done for the season.  Both were the early favorites to go all the way. Otherwise the games pretty much came out as predicted.  But many are shaking their heads in regard to Penn State’s loss to UCLA.  They were predicted to win by four scores and they lost.  UCLA took an early lead and never trailed.  Penny State never caught up.  Many are saying Penn State’s coach needs to be looking for a new job.   But is this post just about Penn State this morning?  It could be.  There hasn’t been a loss like this in college football since 1985.  Penn State’s fans are embarrassed this morning.  It’s the same as if ...

 I believe all this social media frenzy about what is called the rapture is nonsense.   I believe in a New Beginning but not what many Christians believe about the rapture.  We are on the cusp of Divine Intervention, but it’s not the rapture.  The Messiah will come with Judgment.   But a lot of money has been made by promoting a rapture.  I do not know when the Divine Intervention will take place but I have no doubts about it being soon. But to suggest all believers will be taken is in my thinking nonsense.  The Messiah will reign over all.  All evil will be gone and there will be Peace on earth.  That Peace begins with believers.  I know what I am saying.  I simply do not know when, but in my thinking it won’t be long.  But the believers won’t be leaving.  Evil will cease to exist.  Evil will be gone.   I know this as I am to help prepare the way for the Peace to come.  You might say it starts with me altho...

 Faith says all things serve a Divine purpose.  Even evil serves a purpose.  Evil is about choice.  When we believe all things serve a purpose for the Divine there is no reason to fear.  Even death serves that same purpose.  Death simply elevates us unless we have committed to unpardonable.  The unpardonable causes death to oneself or to others.   Most are innocent of the unpardonable.  So, for most there is no reason to fear.  The universe takes care of itself.  Jesus says the God cares for the birds.  Are we more important than birds?  Of course we are.  Halloween is the month of October.  And Halloween can give us much to fear if we let fear get its grip on us.   But there is never a reason to fear.  But in today’s world many live in fear.  We simply have no reason for fear.  Even death is not to be feared.  I can fear pain but I don’t fear death having faced it twice in the last 15 ye...

Some are saying NFL games are scripted to protect Vegas.  A lot of money is bet on NFL games.  I still want to believe in the integrity of college football, but I too have my doubts about NFL football.  A fan in the stands at a Lions game got a notification of a touchdown before it happened.  The player was named who would make the touchdown.   Was it a lucky guess or was all planned?  Some are saying it was a lucky guess by an excited and maybe party inebriated Lions bettor.  Either way the Lions scored a touchdown as it was called.  Did this person have inside information or was it a lucky guess?  No one knows for sure.  But for those who bet on what was going to happen made some money off Vegas.   Some suggest it was a glitch in the Matrix or a kind of time travel.  Okay, maybe I am being too hard on the NFL for scripting games.  One thing is certain however, since Kelce’s engagement to Taylor Swift, the Chiefs have yet...

 What I need is a team to do my posting for me.  I have a hard time figuring out how Instagram works with FB.  But I’ll figure it out.  It’s all a hobby along with my pipe smoking.  It’s not about numbers.  If I wanted to be an influencer for pipe smoking I’d probably worry about every little thing.  Been there and done that in regard to my Angels.   It’s why I got away from all social media to begin with.  I got into my Angels too much and simply decided it was all too much.  Now I don’t care.  I say what I want in my blog here and move on.  I can’t say I don’t care.  I care just enough.  I’ll get it all figured out.  And if I lose numbers in the process, I just don’t care.  I’m too old to worry about numbers.  It all just keeps me occupied.   But at least I’m trying and won’t give up.  My Angels keep me plenty occupied.  Add my Internet use and my pipe smoking and I’m plenty occupied ev...

 October is the month for Halloween.  My wife has decorated a little for Halloween and the Fall.  October is when many begin making plans for the holidays.  And for those who aren’t following what many Christians believe the rapture will now take place on Oct. 5 and 6.  I’m just really surprised that Christians give so much credit to those who set dates.   But if one guesses enough times one will eventually be right.  It’s kind of like predicting scores of college football games.  Hardly anyone guesses right.  And it is just a guess.  No one knows.  But getting back to October, we’ve made flight arrangements for my son to fly down for Christmas.   As for shopping for Christmas, I haven’t yet begun.  We need to work on the pool this fall.  It would be nice to have it all done before the holidays.  I miss the fall in NY.  It is just a beautiful time in October.  The changing of the leaves only lasts a few...